Lenawee County motorists slipped, slid and inched their way home Tuesday after heavy rain turned to a mix of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain, leaving an icy, snowy mixture on roadways.

According to the National Weather Service in White Lake, Adrian received 3 inches of snow in a 12-hour period, while Tipton received 6 inches in a 14-hour period.

The slippery road conditions resulted in a rash of mostly — though not entirely — noninjury traffic crashes.

Michigan State Police responded to a crash at 5:48 p.m. on Rodesiler Highway north of Aten Road in Deerfield Township where a pickup went off the road and into the River Raisin.

The driver, an 18-year-old man from the Deerfield area, told police he was driving north when he lost control of his pickup on the slushy, icy road and it plunged down a steep embankment and into the river, Trooper Pete Bell said.

The pickup was completely submerged in the water 20 to 30 feet from shore, and the driver had to swim to safety, Bell said.

The driver was uninjured, Bell said. The pickup remains in the water, too far out for a tow line to be hooked to it from shore, he said. State police divers are expected to help recover the vehicle Friday, Bell said.

Adrian Township police dealt with three crashes as well as a vehicle in the ditch and a semi that could not climb a hill and blocked the road, all in the area of M-52 and Howell Highway.

One crash involved one vehicle, one involved two vehicles and one involved three vehicles, police said.

No one was transported to the hospital as a result of the three crashes, but one man was treated at the scene for a head injury, police said. One person also had to be extricated from a vehicle, according to police.

In both the two-car crash and the three-car crash, one of the drivers lost control and went over the center line, colliding with vehicles coming from the other direction, according to police.

The Lenawee County Sheriff’s Department responded to nine crashes and responded to another seven traffic mishaps where there was no injury or property damage, such as a car sliding into a ditch.

Cambridge Township police responded to a crash between a semi and a pickup on U.S. 12 near Springville Highway, but details were not available Wednesday.

In the city of Adrian, police chief Vince Emrick said officers were dispatched to seven traffic crashes from 2 to 10 p.m., more than usual for a similar period most days.

Madison Township police reported five crashes during the storm, and Tecumseh police reported one crash.